Farewell, My Nation: The American Indian and the United States, 1820-1890

by Philip Weeks

Book Overview

The author argues that the defeat of the Sioux at Wounded Knee in 1890 resolved the problem as to what to do with the American Indians and marked the start of the evolution of white America's policies: separation, concentration and Americanization. Starting with the positions advocated by various groups in colonial America, Weeks explores the historical forces that led to the widespread acceptance of separation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882958607
• ISBN13: 9780882958606
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Harlan Davidson
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Grade Range: Grades 11 to 12

Customer Reviews

The best brief book about 19th century US-Indian relations

This book is well written, very informative, and represents the best book about American Indian history in the nineteenth century since Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee". Highly recommended.